my vehicles
My only real decision was choosing from two project cars that Carl had out back of the Bucks County Mustangs shop... a 1964 1/2 Coupe that had seen far better days, but also looked like it had been set up to be a racer, and a 1965 Fastback that had already had new floors and all the important metal work newly completed (engine compartment, cowl, all the potential leaky places).
I went with the Fastback, mostly because I'd wanted a Shelby, or something that looked like one, ever since I was a child, first hearing that 1966 350H roar down the road way back when, not even knowing what it was at the time; then a few short years later spotting a model of it in a hobby shop. That, and you just don't see as many 1965-66 Fastbacks on the road as you do Convertibles and Coupes. Oh yes, it must be the Fastback.
I was initally going to do it up as a Shelby replica, the opposite of so many other Shelby replicas around here (they went white with blue stripes, I always wanted blue with white stripes ever since I'd seen a picture of one in a nice Mustang picture book). I still don't know why I changed my mind, but I think it was because I still want whatever Shelby or replica I get my hands on to be that 1966 black and gold storm bringer. Someday.
